An employee benefits seller will expand basic preventive care coverage starting in January 2007.
Assurant Employee Benefits, Kansas City, Mo., a unit of Assurant Inc., New York, is launching a “Lifetime of Smiles” program that will replace the usual coverage for 2 cleanings per year with coverage for 2 routine cleanings per year and 2 gum cleanings per year.
The expanded package of basic benefits also will include coverage for tooth-colored fillings for back teeth and coverage for “brush biopsy” procedures that can detect cancer.